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Re:Lenovo shipping new laptops that only boot Windows by def... by vetinari on Friday July 08, 2022 @06:30AM (#32025258)
It is legacy boot, not UEFI. And I vaguely remember that this message came from the boot loader on the CD, of all places. It was a convenience for the user, who forgot the CD in the drive.
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Re:Lenovo shipping new laptops that only boot Windows by def... by peoplefromibiza on Friday July 08, 2022 @06:37AM (#32025301)
> It was a convenience for the user, who forgot the CD in the drive.

because computers should never automatically boot from external or removable storage

that's why a more modern version of the same message exists

https://i.imgur.com/JVW8c7b.png

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Re:Lenovo shipping new laptops that only boot Windows by def... by vetinari on Friday July 08, 2022 @06:47AM (#32025387)
This is what I'm getting: https://imgur.com/a/C7NNXCr

It won't boot from USB if the internal drive boots, or unless I manually change boot order.

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